A command-line utility to interact with the Firecracker version of
X10's home control devices (wireless home automation to control lights,
cameras, appliances via a small transmitter that plugs into the standard
RS-232 serial port of a computer).

Also included is rocket launcher, a graphical frontend to bottlerocket.
If you want this functionality you should have wish (tk8.3 or tk8.4 - the
Tcl/Tk interpreter) installed.

/usr/share/doc/bottlerocket/README.Debian

bottlerocket for Debian
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This package uses debconf to configure the /dev/firecracker symlink,
should you need to change the symlink in the future run this command:
dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium bottlerocket
That will then prompt you for your new serial port and modify the
symlink. This is required for proper use of bottlerocket.
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The INSTALL file talks about the group
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/usr/share/doc/bottlerocket/README.gz

DESCRIPTION
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BottleRocket is an interface to the X10 FireCracker home automation
kit. The FireCracker kit consists of a dongle-like RF transmitter
that connects to the serial port of a PC, and a receiver that plugs
into a wall socket and intercepts the signals, passing them on
through house wiring to other units that turn appliances on/off or
dim/brighten lamps. It doesn't support an
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